Concord Monitor back issues from October 2007:
Beautiful work
Oct 01, 2007 ... Meredith just looks splendid with all the wooden whiskey-barreltubs chock full of mums. Crimson, yellow, pink, white . . . everyconceivable color is represented in the Greater Meredith Program'splanting scheme. The mums replace the petunia and vinca vine barrelsoriginally delivered, ...
Laconia Community News
Oct 01, 2007 ... BELKNAP SHAMROCKS: The Belknap Shamrocks will hold an open housefor parents and youths tonight at 6:30 at Woodland HeightsElementary School. Regular meetings are held the first Monday ofeach month. For more information, call Brenda Gosnell at 527-9027. THE LACONIA PUBLIC LIBRARY ...
Concord Community News
Oct 01, 2007 ... RESOURCE FAIR: LSS SmartCare, a program of Lutheran SocialServices, will hold "Independent and Aging: A Statewide ResourceFair" today from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Grappone ConferenceCenter. THE SCHOOL BOARD will meet tonight at 7 at the administrativeoffices, 16 Rumford ...
Caring for kids
Oct 01, 2007 ... On behalf of Citizens Bank, Plus Time NH, WZID and the NewHampshire school children who received backpacks, I would like tothank all our customers and colleagues who helped make the secondannual "Tools for School" drive such an incredible success. With your help, more than 24,000 ...
Deerfield Community News
Oct 01, 2007 ... THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT will offer the followingevents and activities: - Senior Friends meetings, third and fourth Thursday of eachmonth at 1 p.m. at the town hall. The suggested donation is $2. - Adult line dancing for beginners, Mondays for six weeksbeginning ...
New London Community News
Oct 01, 2007 ... THE NEW LONDON HAIR STUDIO, 188 Main St., will donate allproceeds from today's sales to the Phoenix ...
Hooksett Community News
Oct 01, 2007 ... THE HOOKSETT LIBRARY will offer a book discussion series titled"New Hampshire Voices." Discussions include The Kinship by ErnestHebert, Thursday at 6:30 p.m.; Peyton Place by Grace Metalious, Nov.1 at 6:30 p.m.; and Journal of a Solitude by May Sarton, Dec. 6 at6:30 p.m. For more ...
A real life saver
Oct 01, 2007 ... I would like to thank the American Legion for partnering withLife Line Screening to offer life-saving tests at an affordableprice. I would also like to thank Life Line Screening, without whom Iwould never have known there was a blockage in my carotid artery,which was deemed ...
Bradford Community News
Oct 01, 2007 ... THE BRADFORD AREA COMMUNITY CENTER will offer the followingprograms and activities: - Today, bridge group at 1 p.m. - Tomorrow, yoga class at 6 p.m. For more information, call Franat 456-3099. THE MOUNTAIN VIEW SENIOR CENTER will offer the ...
Hopkinton Community News
Oct 01, 2007 ... 'FREE SPEECH AND A FREE SOCIETY': In celebration of the freedomto read and in observance of Banned Books Week, Franklin Pierce LawCenter professor emeritus Richard Hesse will discuss "Free Speechand a Free Society" Thursday at 7 p.m. at the ...
Gilford Community News
Oct 01, 2007 ... FLORAL ARRANGING: Dorothy Steuer of Whittemore Flower Shop willdemonstrate the art of floral arranging at the Opechee Garden Clubmeeting today at 1 p.m. at ...
Henniker Community News
Oct 01, 2007 ... PEE WEE PLAY GROUP: White Birch Community Center will offer a peewee play group Tuesdays from 1 to 2 p.m. The group is open tochildren ages 2 ...
Boscawen Community News
Oct 01, 2007 ... SENIOR HEALTH CLINIC: The Concord Regional Visiting NurseAssociation will offer a senior health clinic ...
Epsom Community News
Oct 01, 2007 ... THE EPSOM-CHICHESTER LIONS CLUB will ...
Franklin Community News
Oct 01, 2007 ... THE FRANKLIN HISTORICAL SOCIETY will meet Thursday at 7 p.m. atthe library. Members will have an open discussion about buying apermanent home for the FHS. THE FRANKLIN VNA AND HOSPICE will offer the following clinics: - Blood pressure clinic, ...
Bow Community News
Oct 01, 2007 ... BOW NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH AND THE BOW ALCOHOL AND DRUG COALITIONwill hold a joint meeting tomorrow at 7 ...
Hill Community News
Oct 01, 2007 ... THE HILL HISTORICAL SOCIETY will host the New Chester Meetingtomorrow at 7 p.m. at the Town Meeting House, 265 Murray Hill Road.Dan Meehan will discuss "What It Was Like To Be A Soldier In ...
Hillsboro Community News
Oct 01, 2007 ... SENIOR HEALTH CLINIC: The Concord Regional Visiting NurseAssociation will offer a senior health clinic Thursday ...
Residents to vote for council, school board ; Elections are set for tomorrow across city
Oct 01, 2007; ... Franklin will hold municipal elections tomorrow. Polls open at 8a.m. and close at 7 p.m. Residents of Ward 1 can vote at ThompsonHall, at 47 S. Main St. Ward 2 residents can vote at Franklin CityHall, at 316 Central St., and residents of Ward 3 can vote atFranklin Middle School, at 200 ...
Cyclists raise $11,000 ; St. John's teens trained for weeks
Oct 01, 2007; ... Ryan Malfait and Dylan Thomas, both 13 years old, crossed thefinish line of the Get Your Guts in Gear New York bike ride togetherin June. The boys had trained for weeks and raised more than $11,000for researching Crohn's disease, which Malfait has, and colitis. The boys, who attend ...
Preaching, not politics ; Huckabee takes to the pulpit at church
Oct 01, 2007; ... After a weekend of pancake breakfasts and house parties,Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee put politics aside.On Sunday morning, the former Baptist preacher took to the pulpit. "I'm not here to do something political," he told congregants atthe Amherst Christian ...
Arthur L. Gamsby ; Member of Bill Glass Prison Ministry
Oct 01, 2007 ... NEWARK, Del. - Arthur "Art" L. Gamsby, 86, died Wednesday, Sept.26, 2007, at Newark Manor Nursing Home. Mr. Gamsby was an estimating engineer for DuPont Co. for 30years. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II. He was a veryactive member of the Newark Church of Christ. He ...
Weare Community News
Oct 01, 2007 ... THE WEARE GARDEN CLUB will meet tomorrow at 7 p.m. at the townlibrary. Alice Morris, the University of New ...
A vote for Bouley
Oct 01, 2007 ... As a downtown merchant and property owner whose family has livedin Concord for more than 80 years, I enthusiastically offer mysupport to Jim Bouley's candidacy for mayor. Having known Jim personally for 10 years and having served withJim on the city council for six years, I have ...
Roger S. Ordway Sr. ; Retired fire chief of Bow
Oct 01, 2007 ... BOW - Roger S. Ordway Sr., 75, retired fire chief for the town ofBow, died unexpectedly Saturday, Sept. 29, 2007, at ConcordHospital. He was born in Concord on Nov. 25, 1931, a son of George F. andGrace (Elliott) Ordway. He attended Concord schools and graduatedfrom Concord High ...
3 hospitalized after accident
Oct 01, 2007; ... A three-car accident in Deerfield yesterday sent three people tothe hospital with serious injuries, the police said. About 4:15 p.m., a person driving a black Lincoln Navigatortraveling north on Route 107 near the Epsom-Deerfield line lostcontrol of the SUV and crossed the ...
Cavalry, not Indians, launched the attack
Oct 01, 2007; ... In Thursday's Monitor a writer stated, "It was, after all, theSioux and Cheyenne who attacked . . ." ("Grant didn't order LittleBig Horn attack," Opinion Page, Sept. 27). The truth is the Seventh Cavalry attacked the Indian village atthe Little Big Horn River. The Indians did what ...
Salisbury Community News
Oct 01, 2007 ... RECYCLING FUNDRAISER: Fifth-graders of Salisbury Elementary willaccept donations of used cellular phones, ink jet cartridges, DVDs,video games, portable DVD players, laptops/notebook computers, MP3players, video game consoles, digital cameras, digital ...
Aren't we over it?
Oct 01, 2007 ... Re "Phillips Exeter investigating racist note" (Monitor Page B2,Sept. 25): I thought our country was over racism. Why would peopletape a racist note to a dorm member's door? ...
Penacook Community News
Oct 01, 2007 ... PAWS CLUB: The Concord-Merrimack County SPCA's PAWS Club forchildren ages 8 through 12 will start a new session Wednesday. Theclub ...
Movie schedules
Oct 01, 2007 ... Listings are for today only. To confirm times, call theaters. Concord Entertainment 192 Loudon Road, 224-3600 Good Luck Chuck (R) 5, 7:15, 9:45 The Brave One (R) 7, 9:45 Mr. Woodcock (PG-13) 5:15, 7:30, 10 Balls of Fury (PG-13) 4:45, 7:15, ...
Cycle City
Oct 01, 2007 ... Thanks to the Monitor for bringing attention to the need to ...
Better for cyclists
Oct 01, 2007 ... I read the editorial regarding improving the roadways of Concordfor bicyclists ("Start with little things to become bike friendly,"Monitor, Sept. 26). Painting the bike lanes with greasy traffic paint will renderthem unusable for cyclists under all but the best of conditions ....
Northwood Community News
Oct 01, 2007 ... THE HARVEY WOMAN'S CLUB will present the "Eareverance Singers" intheir annual guest night performance tomorrow at 6 p.m. at ...
My first car
Oct 01, 2007 ... My first car was a 1968 Volkswagen Bug. I bought it for $800 witha loan from my father. Somehow Dad's method of repayment resulted inme paying him back $1,200. I never quite figured out his math, but ...
Anthro-zoology ; Exploring the relationship between people and animals
Oct 01, 2007; ... Thomas Voyer, 47, of Canterbury, mounts a Spitting Cobra in hisworkshop. Voyer, who started learning taxidermy as a teenager, runshis own full-time business called Wet-N-Wild Taxidermy. Hespecializes in reptiles. Last year, he won second place reptile inthe World Taxidermy ...
Pembroke Community News
Oct 01, 2007 ... THE PEMBROKE TOWN LIBRARY will host a Scholastic book fair ...
Poet relishes new challenge ; Simic is third N.H. writer to win honor
Oct 01, 2007; ... To Charles Simic, it is a paradox. Poetry flourishes as neverbefore, but American culture falters. Most people can't name threecontemporary poets. Students enter college not knowing that Englandis an island. In a country of immigrants, the best foreign writers are ...
The house that Loudon built ; Friends help out after tragedies
Oct 01, 2007; ... Brenda Leonard could see through the trees and the crowd and thetents set up in front of her house - her shutters were a differentcolor than they were when she left for Florida a week earlier. Asshe walked up the street with her husband, Jonathan, surrounded bydozens of friends and ...
Nancy L. Snow Colcord ; Enjoyed singing and needlework
Oct 01, 2007 ... PENACOOK - Nancy Lee Snow Colcord, 71, passed away at homeSaturday, Sept. 29, 2007, surrounded by her family. Mrs. Colcord was the daughter of the late Norman Slow. She was aFramingham (Mass.) High School graduate and received her bachelor'sdegree from Northeastern ...
Taxidermist a reptile specialist
Oct 01, 2007; ... Thomas Voyer, 47, of Canterbury started learning taxidermy as ateenager. Now he runs his own full-time business called Wet-N-WildTaxidermy. Last year, he won second place reptile in the WorldTaxidermy Championships. Below, Voyer talks about his work: I did a 14 1/2-foot ...
Gerard J. Nolin
Oct 01, 2007 ... Gerard J. Nolin, of South Street in Concord died Monday, Sept.24, 2007, at home. He was born in South Groveland, Mass., a son of the late Ernestand Hilda (Gerard) Nolin. He was a graduate of Haverhill HighSchool. He attended Boston University and the Windlow School ofCourt ...
Warner Community News
Oct 01, 2007 ... THE WARNER WOMAN'S CLUB will meet today at 11:30 a.m. in thedownstairs meeting room of the United Church of Warner. A lightlunch will be served. The presentation will be "American Women WhoHave Made ...
Just like the'good Germans'
Oct 01, 2007 ... We are rightfully outraged by visiting Iranian President MahmoudAhmadinejad's taunting denial of the Holocaust. Yet, at every meal,we deny the daily abuse and slaughter of millions of cows, pigs andother innocent, feeling animals in U.S. factory farms andslaughterhouses. There is ...
Local sports this week
Oct 01, 2007 ... Today Soccer rematch: The Prospect Mountain boys' soccer team tries toavenge a 1-0 loss to Belmont earlier this season, as theTimberwolves hit the road to face the Red Raiders at 4 p.m. Tuesday Head of the class: Spots in the Class M-S field hockey standingsare on the ...
Return the money
Oct 01, 2007 ... I am extremely disappointed that Katrina Swett has withdrawnfrom the U.S. Senate race. Many New Hampshire residents madecontributions to ...
Hillary helped
Oct 01, 2007 ... In 1994, our insurance company canceled our policy. It haddecided to stop selling individual policies in New Hampshire. Wewere a young family with good coverage and peace of mind. We chosethis company as much for price as coverage (all the insurancecompanies seemed similar), but once it ...
Group effort
Oct 01, 2007 ... The Monitor's Sept. 26 editorial, "Start with little things tobecome bike friendly," is right on the mark in proposing a concrete,project-based approach to a bicycle-pedestrian program for Concord.To do this right requires leadership and teamwork from a broadspectrum of nonprofits, ...
Stop dissection in schools
Oct 01, 2007 ... Every year in the United States, many students are required todissect a preserved animal specimen:; cats, fetal pigs, sharks, etc.What's wrong with dissection? Everything. Nearly 6 million animals annually are killed for the sole purposeof dissection, causing much animal misery and ...
Sports roundup
Oct 01, 2007 ... Winnisquam volleyball The Winnisquam volleyball team defeated Bedford Saturday, 3-0.The match scores were 25-3, 25-9, 25-12. Jen Cross led thehomecoming game for the Bears with four digs, three kills, two acesand a block. Katherine Mehos (two digs, two aces) was 16-for-16 fromthe ...
Good choice
Oct 01, 2007 ... As someone who works in Concord and has had the privilege ofworking with the Concord Police Department for more than 20 years, Ithank the city for selecting Bob Barry as the new chief of police. Ihave found that, like the chiefs before him, Bob always ...
The war against men
Oct 01, 2007 ... My job as chairman of the effort to restore the father/childconnection on the New Hampshire Commission on the Status of Men isfar more difficult and complicated than I anticipated. To see what I mean, you need only type "The War Against Men," and"The War Against Boys" in any search ...
No common purpose
Oct 01, 2007 ... Every American should watch Ken Burns's extraordinary series, TheWar. For me, there are two striking lessons from the film. The firstand most obvious is that, despite the president's assertions, thereis no rational way to equate World War II and the so called "war onterrorism." ...
Independentswill lead the way
Oct 01, 2007 ... There was an advertisement some years ago that made famous thequestion, "Where's the beef?" Watching the latest Democratic debatemakes me think of that question, but with a twist: Where's the fire? Serious issues face our country. But the candidates wererhetorical and predictable ....
Parental notification bill should fail again
Oct 01, 2007 ... If you thought Gov. John Lynch's signature on the legislationrepealing New Hampshire's parental notification abortion law had putan end to the controversy, think again. As promised, some of the law's biggest supporters have alreadyfiled their intent to introduce new parental ...
Gould Hill Orchard goes on market ; Town had attempted to buy historic land
Oct 02, 2007; ... Gould Hill Orchard in Hopkinton is officially for sale, afteryears of negotiations with Hopkinton's open space committee failedto produce an agreement. "We've been working on other methods for a long time. I'm notgetting any younger," owner Erick Leadbeater said. Leadbeater ...
Candidates talk trash, taxes, library ; Few disagreements in council races
Oct 02, 2007; ... If last night's candidates forum is any indication, this ishardly going to be a contentious city election. The candidates vyingfor the council's three contested races - mayor, Ward 8 and an at-large seat - agreed on most points. They dislike expensive city studies and closed ...
Franklin Community News
Oct 02, 2007 ... THE FRANKLIN VNA AND HOSPICE will offer the following clinics: - Blood pressure clinic, today from 10 to 11 a.m. at Shaw'sBelknap Mall. - Blood pressure ...
Bow police log
Oct 02, 2007 ... - Matthew Rodier, 20, of 10 Bradford Drive in Litchfield wasarrested Sept. 21 on charges of unlawful possession of alcohol. Hewill be arraigned in Concord District Court on Oct. 25. - Joshua Judkins, 18, of 13 1/2 Merrimack Street in Nashua wasarrested Sept. 21 on charges of ...
VIP Auto Parts opens in Hillsboro
Oct 02, 2007; ... VIP Auto Parts and Service has opened a new store in Hillsboro at4 Intervale Drive. Representatives from Hillsborough Pride MainStreet Program, the chamber of commerce and town officials welcomedthe store with a ribbon cutting ceremony. The new ...
Bow Community News
Oct 02, 2007 ... JOINT MEETING: Bow Neighborhood Watch and the Bow Alcohol andDrug Coalition will hold a joint meeting ...
Bracelets re-emerge in killing
Oct 02, 2007; ... Friends and family have said the jingling sound of the braceletsthat Pen Meyer wore for decades stacked on each wrist were a part ofwho she was. Yesterday, those bracelets jingled together in anevidence bag as a prosecutor handed them to Russell Lamson, the leadinvestigator in the case ...
Bradford Community News
Oct 02, 2007 ... THE BRADFORD AREA COMMUNITY CENTER will offer yoga tonight at 6.For more information, call Fran at 456-3099. THE MOUNTAIN VIEW ...
Laconia Community News
Oct 02, 2007 ... THE LACONIA PUBLIC LIBRARY will host the following bookdiscussions at 7 p.m. as part of its "Read-To-Go" book discussionseries: Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks, ...
Boyfriend appeals nullified verdict
Oct 02, 2007 ... A Bristol man accused of assaulting a police officer whilespeeding his pregnant girlfriend to the hospital has filed an appealwith the state's highest court. A jury acquitted Nathaniel Gibbs, 25, a month ago, but a judgelater nullified the verdict and ordered him to serve a ...